Nanny's Beef Stew (Bife de Odete)
Ingredients
- 1-½ pound eye of round steak (about 700 gr.) hammered thin on both sides
- 2 tablespoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon salt divided
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 tablespoon vegetable oil divided
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 1 cup beef stock
- ½ tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 large yellow onion sliced
- 2 large green bell peppers deseeded and sliced
- 4 cloves garlic minced and pasted
- 4 medium tomatoes sliced
Instructions
- Hammer each one of the steaks on both sides. Mix the cumin, half of the salt, and the pepper together. Season the steaks. Reserve for about 30 minutes.
- In a large pan, sauté the onion and the bell peppers in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. Then, add the garlic and sauté for about 30 seconds. Add the tomatoes and let sauté for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Reserve.
- In a separate large heavy-bottom pan, brown the steaks in 2 tablespoons of oil over medium-high heat. Add the vinegar and let evaporate a little bit. Add the stock, the tomato paste, and the other half of the salt. Stir. Add all the vegetables and press a little bit with a smasher.
- Reduce the heat to low and cover the pan. Let cook for about 1 hour or so, stirring occasionally.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or with a hard-crust bread, or -- the way that we use to eat it at my mother's house: with white rice, beans, and potato cakes (the recipe for which will be posted soon).
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